
Fellow
Rangappa Kanchugarakoppal
NASI Distinguished Chair Professor
Current nationality
India
Current country of residence
India
Affiliation / Institution
University of Mysore
Biodata
Rangappa has developed more than 7,500 synthetic small molecules and implemented some of them against therapeutically important proteins. He served as a postdoctoral fellow, research associate, and visiting professor in more than 10 countries. He is a Fellow of: Royal Society of Chemistry, London; National Academy of Sciences, India; Biotech Research Society of India; and Karnataka Science and Technology Academy, India. He has published over 650 research papers in peer reviewed journals, and holds 14 patents for small-molecule inhibitors of therapeutic targets. Three of his patented compounds namely DMBO, NPB, and AMPC have been sold commercially as pharmacological inhibitors of growth factors, BAD protein, TFF3, NF-κB, CXCR4, c-MET, human methionyl-tRNA synthetases, Wnt/β – catenin, EGFR, TGFβ, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, heparanase and many more therapeutically relavant proteins which are constitutively expressed in various human cancers respectively. His publications received over 16000 scientific citations, with an h-index of 66. He has guided 65 candidates for PhD degree.
Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords
Medicinal chemistry, organic compounds, anticancer, synthetic chemistry, natural compounds
ELECTED
2023
Place of birth
Kanchugarakoppal (Mysore, Karnataka)
Country of birth
India
DATE OF BIRTH
26
May
1955
Section
02. Biological Sciences
KSR Full CV 05-08-2025 (1).pdf
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Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
India
Public contact information
EMAIL
rangappaks@gmail.com
ADDRESS
University of Mysore – Vijnana Bhavan – Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006 – Karnataka – India
List of publications
Last updated on 08/08/2025